Medical Records Officer

Job Summary

The Medical Records Officer will create new medical records and retrieve existing medical records by gathering appropriate record folders and contents, assigning, and recording new record numbers, verifying existing record numbers, inputting, and recording locations to computer, and delivering records. 

Job Responsibilities 1

Gathers patient information by collecting demographic information from a variety of sources, interacting with registration areas and physicians’ offices, and retrieving information from automated printer. 

Retrieves medical records by following chart-out procedures and documents reasons charts cannot be retrieved for statistical and follow-up purposes. 

Delivers charts to assigned areas of the hospital by following established routing procedures. 

Assists in the tracking and organization of medical records i.e., ensures and maintains medical records storage and archivi...